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'''Valipe Ramgopal Rao''' is the Director<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board of Governors : Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|url=https://home.iitd.ac.in/about-board-of-governors.php|access-date=2021-07-08|website=home.iitd.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-08|title=Ramesh Pokhriyal’s term marked by vacancies in Central universities, IITs|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ramesh-pokhriyals-term-marked-by-vacancies-in-central-universities-iits-7394174/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Headless-for-over-a-year-IIT-Delhi-to-get-new-boss/articleshow/51486005.cms|title=Headless for over a year, IIT-Delhi to get new boss - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2016-04-13}}</ref> of the [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]]. He was a P.K.Kelkar Chair Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] and is now also the Director at IIT Delhi. Ramgopal Rao has more than 475 publications in various journals, and 48 patents in the areas of Electron devices and [[Nanoelectronics]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Prof. V.Ramgopal Rao|url = https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~rrao/|website = www.ee.iitb.ac.in|access-date = 2015-05-18}}</ref> Ramgopal Rao was the first elected chairman for the Indian Section of the American Nano Society.<ref>{{Cite web|title=American Nano Society {{!}} American Nano Society |url=http://nanosociety.us/ |date=2014-05-17 |access-date=2015-05-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517164600/http://nanosociety.us/ |archive-date=17 May 2014 }}</ref> He is also the recipient of multiple prizes including the [[Swarnajayanti Fellowship]] [[Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize]], [[Infosys Prize]],<ref>{{Cite web|title = Infosys Prize - Laureates 2013 - Dr. V. Ramgopal Rao|url = http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2013/ramgopal-rao.asp|website = www.infosys-science-foundation.com|access-date = 2015-05-18}}</ref> Techno-Visionary award from the Indian Semiconductor Association in 2020, the IBM faculty award in 2007 and the IEEE EDS Education award in 2020 besides many others. He is a Fellow of [[IEEE]], Fellow of the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]] (INAE), [[Indian Academy of Sciences]] (IASc), [[National Academy of Sciences]] (NASI) and the [[Indian National Science Academy]] (INSA).

==Early life and education==
Prof. Rao was born in a remote village Kollapur ([[Telangana]]) and studied in government schools in Telugu medium until his 12th standard (Intermediate education). Rao obtained his [[B. Tech.]] degree from [[Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science]], Warangal in 1986 with distinction and his [[M. Tech.]] from [[IIT Bombay]] in 1991. He obtained his Doctorate in Nanoelectronics from [[Bundeswehr University Munich]], Germany in 1997 and was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the [[University of California]] from 1997 to 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ramgopal Rao - Basic Information|url = https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~rrao/info.html|website = www.ee.iitb.ac.in|access-date = 2015-05-18}}</ref>

== Career ==
Prof. Rao spent 18 years as a faculty member at IIT Bombay before moving to IIT Delhi as the Director. Ramgopal Rao has also held short term visiting positions in [[University of California, Los Angeles]] in May–July 2001 in the USA. After this, he worked for short periods of times at several universities all over the world, including [[Tokyo Institute of Technology]], [[Monash University]], The [[University of Calabria]] in Italy, [[Georgia Institute of Technology College of Engineering|Georgia Institute of Technology]], [[Nanyang Technological University]], [[University of Alberta]], and [[McGill University]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Ramgopal Rao - Work Experience|url = https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~rrao/workexp.html|website = www.ee.iitb.ac.in|access-date = 2015-05-18}}</ref> He was the Head of the Centre for Nanotechnology and Science at [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|IIT Bombay]] between December 2005 and January 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Prof. Ramgopal Rao's Work Experience|url = https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~rrao/workexp.html|website = www.ee.iitb.ac.in|access-date = 2015-05-18}}</ref> He was P.K.Kelkar Chair Professor for Nanotechnology at IIT Bombay before moving to IIT Delhi as Director.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|url = https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/web/people/faculty|website = www.ee.iitb.ac.in|access-date = 2015-05-18}}</ref>

==Awards==
*[[Infosys Prize]] for Engineering and Computer Science in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|title = 7 scientists, academics bag Infosys Prize|url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/7-scientists-academics-bag-infosys-prize/article5344643.ece|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 13 November 2013|access-date = 2015-05-18|issn = 0971-751X|language = en}}</ref>
The Infosys Prize 2013 was awarded for Prof. Rao's "wide-ranging contributions to nanoscale electronics, for insightfully integrating chemistry with mechanics and electronics to invent new functional devices, and for innovation and entrepreneurship in creating technologies and products of societal value."

* 2005 "Dr. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Engineering Sciences" presented by the Hon'ble Prime Minister, Govt.of India (S.S.Bhatnagar Prize) (the highest scientific award for researchers in India)
* H. H. Mathur Award for Excellence in Research in Applied Sciences, IIT Bombay (2012)
* IEEE Electron Device Society Education Award in 2020 for "educational leadership and establishing Nanoelectronics research programs in India”.
* Prof. C.N.R. Rao Bangalore INDIA NANO Science Award (2016)
* J.C.Bose National Fellowship, 2016
* Techno-Visionary award from the Indian Electronics & Semiconductor Association (IESA) (2020)
* DRDO Academic Excellence Award (2017) awarded by the Hon'ble Minister of Defence, Govt. of India
* Telangana State Award for Science & Technology, awarded by the Chief Minister of the state on the Telangana Formation day (2016).
* The National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award for Application Oriented Research for Physical Sciences, 2014
* 2010 "DAE-SRC Outstanding Research Investigator" award from the Department of Atomic Energy-Science Research Council (DAE-SRC), an apex body of DAE, Govt. of India.
* 2009 Indian Semiconductor Association's (ISA) TechnoMentor Award
* 'Swarnajayanti Fellowship' Award (2003–04), Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (Swarnajayanti Fellowship) (this prestigious fellowship is instituted by Govt. of India in 1997 to mark 50 years of India's independence)
* IIT Bombay "Industrial Impact Award" in 2008 for undertaking research work that caused maximum industry impact
* 2016 VASVIK Award in the category of Information & Communications Technology
* Fellow, IEEE (Elected in 2017 "for his contributions to CMOS System-on-Chip technologies")
* Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi
* Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc), Bangalore (Indian Academy of Sciences)
* Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad (The National Academy of Sciences)
* Fellow, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) (Indian National Academy of Engineering)
* Fellow- IETE & Invited Member-Society for Cancer Research and Communication (www.scraci.com)
* Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (2003-2012) (IEEE T-ED Editorial Board)
* Member,Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Nano Letters, 2020-2022
* 2008 'The Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)-ICSC Superconductivity & Materials Science Prize' (presented at the 19th Annual General body meeting of the MRSI by Dr. R. A. Mashelkar, President, MRSI)
* 2007 IBM Faculty Award (IBM Faculty Award)
* Best Research Paper Award, Global Interposer Technology (GIT) Workshop: Design, Technologies, Applications, Markets and Manufacturing Infrastructure, 14–15 November 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia USA (decided by an eminent jury of industry professionals)

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2013/ramgopal-rao.asp], ''Infosys Science Foundation''
* [https://www.ee.iitb.ac.in/~rrao/], ''Prof.Ramgopal Rao's official IIT Bombay webpage''

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